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|lshtext=<b>Augustus</b>: i, m. 1 [[augustus]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[surname]] of [[Octavius]] Cœsar [[after]] he attained to [[undivided]] [[authority]] (acc. to Ov F 1, 590, [[after]] the [[year]] of [[Rome]] 727, Id. Jan.), and, [[after]] him, of all the Roman emperors; equivalent to Majesty or Imperial Majesty (cf. Suet. Aug. 7; Flor 4, 12 fin., [[Dio]] Cass. 53, 16: ἐξ [[οὗπερ]] καὶ Σεβαστὸν αὐτον και ἑλληνίζοντές πως ῶσπερ τινὰ σεπτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ σεβάζεσθαι [[προσεῖπον]]), Hor C, 1, 12; 4, 5; 4, 14; 4, 15; id. Ep. 2, 1 al.; Ov M 15, 860; id. F. 1, 590; 4, 676; 5, 567, Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; ib. Act. 25, 21; 25, 25 et saep.; [[later]]: [[semper]] [[Augustus]], Symm Ep. 2, 30 al.— Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Adj.: [[Augustus]], a, um, of or relating to [[Augustus]] or the [[emperor]], Augustan, [[imperial]] [[caput]], i. e. [[Augustus]], Ov. M. 15, 869: aures, id. P 1, 2, 117 [[forum]], id. ib. 4, 5, 10: postes, id M 1, 562: [[domus]], id. P. 2, 2, 76: Principis augustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis, Juv 10, 93 Jahn ([[where]] Hermann reads angusta) pax, Ov. P. 2, 5, 18; Vell 2, 126: [[cohors]], Vulg. Act. 27, 1 et saep.: [[marmor]] (in [[Egypt]]), Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55 (cf Isid. Orig. 16, 5, 4; Au gusteum): [[laurus]], also called [[regia]], the [[best]] [[species]] of it, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 129, 17, 10, 11, § 60: flcus, Macr S. 2, 16.—But esp Men. sis [[Augustus]], the [[month]] of August, named [[after]] [[Augustus]]; earlier called [[Sextilis]] (cf Macr. S. 1, 12 fin., and [[Julius]] fin.), Juv 3, 9: Katendae, Col. 11, 12; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123 al.: [[Idus]], Mart. 12, 68 et saep.—[[Augusta]] [[aula]], i. e. Domitiani, Mart. 7, 40 [[historia]], the [[history]] of the Roman emperors, Vop Tac. 10.—In gen., [[imperial]], [[royal]]. ma. trem regis ex [[augusto]] deposuit imperio, * Vulg. 2 Par. 15, 16>

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